Hi guys! I just want to leave you all with a little preview of my new Shenny fic! (I've done lots of oneshots on tumblr that I will post on here eventually but this is going to be a multi chap) This idea sort of came out of the blue and bam started writing.

The Shenny starts out slow. YOU ARE WARNED.

Alright I'll leave you to it

It started out as normal as any other day. She woke up to Leonard, snoring, and she rolled away from him. She has been doing that a lot lately. She's been irritated when he tries to cuddle or kiss her. She barely can get through sex anymore. She doesn't want to be mean, but…she feels like she's hurting him more this way. He can feel her distancing herself, she's sure and she's so tired of this sham. This relationship is barely that.

So yes, it was a normal day, with her normal thoughts and she usually shoved them down and smiled at him and tried to be "perfect girlfriend Penny" which if she thinks about it, she never was. Her phone chimed. Or so she thought.

She grabbed the phone off the end table and slid the lock over. Text message from…Alex? She doesn't know anyone named—then she looked at the background photo and the case. She was so sleepy she didn't notice this was Leonard's phone…but she had to scan the message that was on screen.

Meet me tonight at 8? I'll be waiting (;

Penny didn't get furious or sad. She set the phone down and tip toed to the bathroom. She couldn't be mad or sad. The fact was she has been neglecting Leonard and maybe he's been doing the same. They're too comfortable with this thing—this false relationship. The sex hasn't been frequent and now she knows why. It wasn't just her. It was him. No wonder he didn't do the damn whiny voice and crybaby eyes at her.

Every time he did that she got just a minor headache and would do anything to shut him up. So when she finished brushing her teeth and pulling her hair into a ponytail she didn't expect what came next.

Leonard was looking at his phone in disgust but immediately his face softened when Penny exited the bathroom. "Penny, I need to ask you something."

Please don't be a marriage proposal. She silently begged.

"What?" She said hesitantly.

"I would like it if I could meet your parents." Penny's jaw dropped. No she wasn't mad at the Alex situation but the nerve he had CHEATING then asking to meet HER parents.

"No." She said suddenly, angrily.

"What? Why?" He did the whiny voice and she felt her teeth grinding.

"Because, Leonard, you're cheating on me with Alex!" She shouted and he winced.

He sat quietly, only confirming what she knew. She rolled her eyes and waited for a response.

"It was a one-time thing! Honest…it was an accident! I just—" He looked away from her face, "you are so distant! You don't give me any attention and I just vented to her. She took advantage of me, really." He said and she scoffed.

"Listen, I don't care. Honestly, I don't, but you have some nerve asking to meet my parents. I want you out. All of your shit too. This relationship was over before Alex." She said and he had wounded puppy eyes. He nodded and gathered his stuff before shuffling across the hall.

She didn't want her relationship with the guys to be wounded but how could it be? He cheated. That's not forgivable, even if it doesn't matter to her. They'll see things from a friend perspective…right?

She didn't have time to worry about it. She showered and dressed for the day. She had an audition and it could be her break, her way to get out of this shitty apartment and into a penthouse or something. She smiled and finished up her hair and makeup.

Today was a good day, she can feel it. Sure, she and Leonard broke up but this was a fresh start. It was like a phoenix rising from the ashes.

She headed to the audition with all the hopefulness and smiles in the world.

Yes, today was good.

Sheldon was tired of it. Tired of the same old song and dance. Leonard needed to realize Penny didn't love him the way he wanted her to and he didn't either. He wouldn't listen to Sheldon, but who would? He reasoned to himself.

Sure he considered himself the smartest of the group (in the world) but they didn't care for his advice because he had no "experience". Sheldon snorted no one needed to have experience to know Leonard and Penny weren't a "match made in Heaven" as his mother would say.

"Sheldon this is serious! How am I going to get her back now? I cheated." He stopped fidgeting and pacing and finally plopped down into his chair. Sheldon wanted to tell him that Penny deserves better, that Penny can do better, that Penny didn't deserve that. He could tell him a whole lot of things that would just make Leonard mad.

"You can't." He said it simply but he would elaborate. "Penny caught you cheating. If you went back to her now it would not only be embarrassing for you, it would probably ensure you two not getting back together. You have no excuses. You were weak and she knows that. Maybe, in time she'll get over it." He had very little hope. He was certain it wasn't true but if it kept Leonard from moping…

"She said it was over before Alex." Leonard said flatly, wondering why he was listening to Sheldon of all people.

"Leonard, I can't help you with all your relationship problems! You know Amy Farrah Fowler told me our relationship was nothing but a façade. So I have no relationship experience." Except Sheldon did. He remembered all the nights that he and Amy spent trying to get into kissing, making out, and eventually she grabbed his penis. It was uncomfortable and rough. Even she didn't like it. She didn't like kissing him either she revealed later.

So they weren't experienced lovers, he still had to take her out. He still took care of her when she was sick. He still asked about her day and her family. He still cared. Even if he didn't show it, he did.

Amy got sick of the "farce" and terminated their agreement but Sheldon didn't feel too sad. In fact he felt a little…relieved. Amy still remained part of the group and his friend but she was dating. It didn't bug him though some of the guys tried to insist it was.

"You're right. I have a group of friend who are relationship-ly inept." He shook his head and trudged to his room, pouting the whole way.

Sheldon didn't usually text Penny too much but…he was curious about how she was doing.

Leonard has turned into a giant moping man-child. How are you? –S.

He waited hours and hours for a text, which was weird Penny usually texts back quickly. He walked across the hall and knocked on her door.

Knock, knock, knock. "Penny." He repeated his action two more times (as he always does) and there was no answer.

Well, maybe she went out. He thought before heading to his apartment to await her arrival or a text.

Like I said 'little preview' I don't want to give too much away. I hope there are no errors I read over it a couple times but I am tired as hell! More to come promise. Oh, and I may change the name. I want to use complexity for sure 'cause this fic is going to show the intricacies of many relationships and friendships. I just have to find the wording!

Night lovelies!3